Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2011-2014Oregon
Marcus Mariota
QB • 6'4" • Honolulu, HI, USA
Balanced quarterback profileEfficient finisher
Marcus Mariota is a balanced quarterback profile with 21.4 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
79
High-end production for a quarterback
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Oregon
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Oregon
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington State
Player Story
Marcus Mariota built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a quarterback from Honolulu, HI wearing No. 8, spending time with Oregon. The clearest part of Marcus Mariota's career was his passing role: 10,796...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2015
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 2
- Overall
- No. 2
- NFL Team
- Tennessee Titans
Marcus Mariota, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Oregon. Marcus Mariota is a balanced quarterback profile with 21.4 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 13,033
- Passing yards
- 10,796
- Rushing yards
- 2,237
- Touchdowns
- 136
Featured Highlight
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Marcus Mariota Oregon Highlights
2014 · Oregon · Player Highlight
Marcus Mariota college highlights at Oregon.
- Season
- 2014
- Type
- Player highlight
Quick Answers
Marcus Mariota quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Oregon · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 13,033
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 41 games
- Best season
- 2014 Postseason · Oregon
- Top game
- Washington State
- NFL Draft
- 2015 · Round 1 · Pick 2 · Tennessee Titans
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Class 2014
- 2014 Total offense rank
- 5,224 total offense · QB 1st (top 1%) · Pac-12 1st (top 1%) · National 1st (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Oregon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2012 Postseason | Oregon | 13 | 228 | 166 | 62 | 3 | 64.1 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Oregon | 13 | 3,201 | 2,511 | 690 | 35 | 64.1 |
| 2013 Postseason | Oregon | 13 | 386 | 253 | 133 | 1 | 70 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Oregon | 13 | 3,994 | 3,412 | 582 | 39 | 70 |
| 2014 Postseason | Oregon | 15 | 772 | 671 | 101 | 5 | 79.4 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Oregon | 15 | 4,452 | 3,783 | 669 | 53 | 79.4 |
Related Context
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Marcus Mariota played QB for Oregon. Across 4 tracked seasons, Marcus Mariota recorded 10,796 passing yards, 2,237 rushing yards, and 28 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Oregon.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason
Oregon paired 5,224 primary output with 76.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Postseason role shape
pass-led usage with 73.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2014 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: USC
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Postseason · Oregon
Games
13
Primary Metric / G
263.8
Efficiency
73.5
Usage
16
Consistency
81.5
Best Game by takeover score
USC
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kansas State: 228. Arkansas State: 224. Fresno State: 233. Tennessee Tech: 325. Arizona: 277. Washington State: 225. Washington: 238. Arizona State: 181. Colorado: 158. USC: 400. California: 419. Stanford: 296. Oregon State: 225
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kansas State: 32 by 71.3. Arkansas State: 26 by 79.4. Fresno State: 41 by 67.4. Tennessee Tech: 32 by 73.7. Arizona: 40 by 60.4. Washington State: 41 by 61.7. Washington: 31 by 67.9. Arizona State: 22 by 76.7. Colorado: 18 by 76.8. USC: 38 by 87.7. California: 40 by 85.5. Stanford: 49 by 66.7. Oregon State: 32 by 79.9
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins261.1 · Games = 12 · -34.9 vs Losses
Losses296 · Games = 1 · +34.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
USC
Best efficiency game
87.7 vs USC
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1/4 | @ Kansas State3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 35-17 | 12 | 24 | 166 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 71.3 | 8 | 62 | 7.80 | 1 | 32 |
| Sat 11/24 | @ Oregon StateDual-threat | W 48-24 | 17 | 24 | 140 | 70.8 | 1 | 0 | 79.9 | 8 | 85 | 10.60 | 1 | 42 |
| Sun 11/18 | vs StanfordDual-threat | L 14-17 | 21 | 37 | 207 | 56.8 | 1 | 1 | 66.7 | 12 | 89 | 7.40 | 0 | 77 |
| Sun 11/11 | @ California300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 59-17 | 27 | 34 | 377 | 79.4 | 6 | 0 | 85.5 | 6 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 11/3 | @ USC300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 62-51 | 20 | 23 | 304 | 87.0 | 4 | 0 | 87.7 | 15 | 96 | 6.40 | 0 | 58 |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Colorado3+ TD | W 70-14 | 10 | 14 | 136 | 71.4 | 2 | 0 | 76.8 | 4 | 22 | 5.50 | 1 | 9 |
| Fri 10/19 | @ Arizona StateDual-threat | W 43-21 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 76.7 | 10 | 135 | 13.50 | 1 | 86 |
| Sun 10/7 | vs Washington3+ TD | W 52-21 | 15 | 24 | 198 | 62.5 | 4 | 1 | 67.9 | 7 | 40 | 5.70 | 0 | 20 |
| Sun 9/30 | @ Washington StateDual-threat | W 51-26 | 21 | 32 | 169 | 65.6 | 1 | 2 | 61.7 | 9 | 56 | 6.20 | 1 | 19 |
| Sun 9/23 | vs Arizona | W 49-0 | 20 | 35 | 260 | 57.1 | 2 | 1 | 60.4 | 5 | 17 | 3.40 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Tennessee Tech300-yard game · 3+ TD | W 63-14 | 21 | 28 | 308 | 75.0 | 4 | 1 | 73.7 | 4 | 17 | 4.30 | 0 | 18 |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Fresno StateDual-threat | W 42-25 | 19 | 27 | 166 | 70.4 | 1 | 0 | 67.4 | 14 | 67 | 4.80 | 0 | 28 |
| Sun 9/2 | vs Arkansas State3+ TD | W 57-34 | 18 | 22 | 200 | 81.8 | 3 | 0 | 79.4 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 17 |
Player Story
Marcus Mariota story
Marcus Mariota built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a quarterback from Honolulu, HI wearing No. 8, spending time with Oregon. The clearest part of Marcus Mariota's career was his passing role: 10,796 passing yards, 105 touchdown passes, 1,167 attempts, and 2,237 rushing yards across 41 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Oregon. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 2,237 rushing yards and 28 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 41 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Oregon.
The arc is straightforward: Marcus Mariota moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Oregon
2011-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Oregon | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Postseason | Oregon | 3,429 | 73.5 | 16 | 3,429 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Oregon | 3,429 | 73.5 | 16 | 0 |
| 2013 Postseason | Oregon | 4,380 | 74.1 | 17.4 | 951 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Oregon | 4,380 | 74.1 | 17.4 | 0 |
| 2014 Postseason | Oregon | 5,224 | 76.3 | 21.4 | 844 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Oregon | 5,224 | 76.3 | 21.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Washington State
Week 4 · W 38-31 · Conference game
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
387
Total Offense
83.2 takeover
387 total offense with 82.2 efficiency.
#2
@ Texas
Week 1 · W 30-7 · Postseason
386
Total Offense
81.3 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
386 total offense with 84.7 efficiency.
#3
@ Utah
Week 11 · W 51-27 · Conference game
353
Total Offense
80.4 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
353 total offense with 72.7 efficiency.
#4
@ USC
Week 10 · W 62-51 · Conference game
400
Total Offense
80.3 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
400 total offense with 87.7 efficiency.
#5
@ Washington
Week 7 · W 45-24 · Conference game
454
Total Offense
79.6 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
454 total offense with 85.9 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Postseason · Oregon
5,224 primary output · 76.3 efficiency · 21.4 usage
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#2
2014 Regular Season · Oregon
79.4
5,224 primary · 76.3 efficiency · 21.4 usage
#3
2013 Postseason · Oregon
70
4,380 primary · 74.1 efficiency · 17.4 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
24
300+ total offense
28
3+ TD games
38
Above avg efficiency
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